Self Defense

19 year-old Joshua Paniagua, who stabbed a man to death in self defense during what was termed a ‘drug rip’ in January, was arrested over the weekend and charged with felony assault with a weapon after allegedly attempting to strike his mother with a hammer.

A Lolo family underwent a terrifying ordeal on Sunday morning, when a man who was unknown to them, driving a late-model Audi, rammed their vehicle, ran into their porch stairs, climbed onto the roof and attempted to gain entry to the home.

53 year-old Brent Hawkey is in the Missoula County Jail on felony charges of assault with a weapon and aggravated assault after stabbing his roommate multiple times on Sunday, sending him to the hospital.

A self-defense class will be offered this Thursday in light of a Big Sky High School student’s senior project.

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — The Montana Supreme Court has ruled a Great Falls man must testify at his deliberate homicide trial if he wants to argue he shot a Fairfield man in self-defense.

Early this month, Missoula area state representative Ellie Hill appeared on the American version of Al Jazeera to discuss Montana gun laws with "Consider This" host Antonio Mora. The discussion was framed around the recent Diren Dede shooting and Hill argued that Montana gun laws created a culture that led to Dede’s death.

After the George Zimmerman trial and not-guilty verdict in Florida, there is a heightened local interest in self-defense. Gary Marbut, President of the Montana Shooting Sports Association is qualified as an expert witness in matters of self-defense and use-of-force.

KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — A Whitefish man is dead and his girlfriend is in custody after a weekend shooting.